Water filtration and recycling system

Abstract

A water filtration and recycling system includes an external machine to collect solid particles and water, a first filter to filter the solid particles from the water to form primary filtered water, a second filter to filter the solid particles from the primary filtered water to form secondary filtered water, and a water tank to store the secondary filtered water, wherein secondary filtered water recycles to the external machine in a closed loop. The water filtration and recycling system includes a recycling machine including a clean tank to hold clean water that cycles through the water filtration and recycling system, a dirty tank to hold dirty water that cycles through the water filtration and recycling system, a dirty water in manifold to direct the water into the dirty manifold, a dirty water out manifold to direct the water out of the dirty manifold, a clean water in manifold to direct the water into the clean manifold, and a clean water out manifold to direct the water out of the clean manifold.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A water filtration and recycling system comprising:
 an external machine to collect solid particles and water; 
 at least one filter to filter the solid particles from the water to form filtered water; 
 a water tank to store the filtered water, wherein the filtered water recycles to the external machine in a closed loop; and 
 a recycling machine in fluid communication with the external machine, the at least one filter, and the water tank, the recycling machine including:
 a clean tank to hold clean water that cycles through the water filtration and recycling system; 
 a dirty tank to hold dirty water that cycles through the water filtration and recycling system, 
 a dirty water in manifold to direct the water into the dirty tank; 
 a dirty water out manifold to direct the water out of the dirty tank; 
 a clean water in manifold to direct the water into the clean tank; and 
 a clean water out manifold to direct the water out of the clean tank. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The system as recited in  claim 1 , including a vacuum to generate pressure or suction and a positive negative pressure switch to direct the pressure or the suction to the clean tank or the dirty tank. 
     
     
       3. The system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the external machine includes a suction tool to extract the solid particles and the water into an external tank of the external machine. 
     
     
       4. The system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the external machine includes an external tank, a first valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload the water from the external tank and into the dirty tank, a second valve is configured to move an opened position when the first valve is in a closed position to offload the water from the dirty tank and into the at least one filter, and the second valve is configured to move to a closed position when a first switch in the at least one filter detects a high water level. 
     
     
       5. The system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a first valve is configured to move to an opened position to load the clean tank with clean water from the water tank, and the first valve is configured to move to a closed position when a high switch in the clean tank detects a high water level in the clean tank, and the first valve is configured to move to the closed position when a second valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload the clean water from the clean tank and into the external machine. 
     
     
       6. The system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a first valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload dirty water from a first filter of the at least one filter to the dirty tank until a high switch in the dirty tank detects a high level of the dirty water;
 wherein a second valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload the dirty water from the dirty tank to a second filter of the at least one filter when the first valve is in a closed position, and the second valve is configured to move to a closed position when a switch in the second filter detects a high level of water in the second filter; 
 wherein a third valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload the clean water from the second filter to the clean tank in response to a signal from a high water level switch of the clean tank; and 
 a fourth valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload the clean water from the clean tank to the water tank until a high switch in the clean tank detects a high level of the clean water. 
 
     
     
       7. The system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a first valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload the dirty water from a first filter of the at least one filter to the dirty tank until a high switch of the dirty tank detects a high water level in the dirty tank;
 wherein the first valve is configured to move to a closed position and a second valve is configured to move to an opened position to allow the dirty water from the dirty tank to offload to a second filter of the at least one filter and the second valve is configured to move to a closed position when a switch in the second filter detects a high level of water; 
 wherein a third valve is configured to move to an opened position to allow the clean water to offload from the second filter to the clean tank until a high switch in the clean tank detects a high level of water; and 
 wherein the third valve is configured to move to a closed position and a fourth valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload the clean water from the clean tank to the water tank until a switch in the water tank activates a high level of water, and the fourth valve close in response to a signal from the switch in the water tank. 
 
     
     
       8. The system as recited in  claim 1 , including a switch configured to detects when a level of water in a waste tank is high and configured to close all valves but for a first valve that is configured to move to an opened position to offload water from the waste tank to the dirty tank and the first valve is configured to move to a closed position when a switch of the dirty tank detects a high water level in the dirty tank. 
     
     
       9. The system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a first valve is configured to move to an opened position to allow the clean water from the water tank to offload to the clean tank until a high switch in the clean tank detects a high level of water, and the first valve is configured to move to a closed position and a second valve is configured to move to an opened position to allow a clean water pump to pump clean water from the clean tank to be used as rinse water. 
     
     
       10. The system as recited in  claim 1 , including a wet line, wherein the clean water is configured to be offloaded into the clean tank from the water tank until a high switch of the clean tank detects a high level of water in the clean tank, and a clean water pump is configured to be activated to pump clean water to the wet line to mix with dirt and flow into the dirty tank. 
     
     
       11. The system as recited in  claim 10 , wherein a vacuum pump is configured to offload dirty water from the wet line to load the dirty tank until the high switch of the dirty tank detects a high level of water, and a valve is configured to move to an opened position to offload dirty water in the dirty tank to the at least one filter until a low switch in the clean tank detects a low level of water. 
     
     
       12. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one filter includes:
 a first filter to filter the solid particles from the water to form primary filtered water; and 
 a second filter to filter the solid particles from the primary filtered water to form secondary filtered water; 
 wherein the water tank is configured to store the secondary filtered water. 
 
     
     
       13. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the dirty water in manifold includes an inlet valve fluidly downstream from an eternal tank on the external machine and an outlet valve fluidly upstream of the dirty tank. 
     
     
       14. The system as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the dirty water out manifold includes an inlet valve fluidly downstream of the dirty tank and fluidly upstream of the at least one filter. 
     
     
       15. The system as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the at least one filter includes a first filter and a second filter, and the dirty water out manifold includes a first three-way valve configured to direct dirty water through the first filter and into a valve in the dirty water inlet manifold. 
     
     
       16. A method of filtering and recycling water comprising the steps of:
 collecting solid particles and water with an external machine; 
 filtering the solid particles from the water with at least one filter to form filtered water; 
 storing the filtered water in a water tank; and 
 recycling the filtered water to the external machine for use in the step of collecting solid particles and water with a recycling machine in a closed loop, the recycling machine is in fluid communication with the external machine, the at least one filter, and the water tank, the recycling machine including:
 a clean tank to hold clean water that cycles through the at least one filter and the recycling machine; 
 a dirty tank to hold dirty water that cycles through the at least one filter and the recycling machine; 
 a dirty water in manifold to direct the water into the dirty tank; 
 a dirty water out manifold to direct the water out of the dirty tank; 
 a clean water in manifold to direct the water into the clean tank; and 
 a clean water out manifold to direct the water out of the clean tank. 
 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 16 , wherein the external machine includes an external tank and the recycling machine includes a first valve that is opens to offload the water from the external tank and into the dirty tank and when the first valve is closed and a second valve is opened, the water from the dirty tank is offloaded into the at least one filter, and the second valve closes when a first switch in the at least one filter detects a high water level. 
     
     
       18. The method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the recycling machine includes a first valve that is opened to load the clean tank with clean water from the water tank, and when a high switch of the clean tank detects a high water level in the clean tank, the first valve is closed and a second valve is opened to offload the clean water from the clean tank and into the external machine. 
     
     
       19. The method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the recycling machine includes a first valve opens to offload dirty water from a first filter of the at least one filter to the dirty tank until a high switch in the dirty tank detects a high level of the dirty water, the first valve closes and a second valve opens to offload the dirty water from the dirty tank to a second filter of the at least one filter, the second valve closes when a switch in the second filter detects a high level of water in the second filter, a third valve opens to offload the clean water from the second filter to the clean tank until a high switch of the clean tank detects a high water level in the clean tank, the third valve closes, and a fourth valve opens to offload the clean water from the clean tank to the water tank until a high switch in the clean tank detects a high level of the clean water. 
     
     
       20. The method as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the recycling machine includes a first valve opens to offload the dirty water from a first filter of the at least one filter to the dirty tank until a high switch of the dirty tank detects a high water level in the dirty tank, the first valve closes, a second valve opens to allow the dirty water from the dirty tank to offload to a second filter of the at least one filter, the second valve closes when a switch in the second filter detects a high level of water, a third valve is opened to allow the clean water to offload from the second filter to the clean tank until a high switch in the clean tank detects a high level of water, the third valve closes, a fourth valve opens to offload the clean water from the clean tank to the water tank until a switch of the water tank activates a high level of water, and the fourth valve closes.